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Université Libre de Bruxelles

Location: Brussels, Belgium
Websiteinfo for exchange students
Language of instruction: French

  • Students may need French language proficiency certification ahead of their exchange. The UVic French and Francophone Studies department hosts tests in March and November. Please contact goglobal@uvic.ca for more information!

Terms: Fall semester (September-January) and Spring semester (February-June).

Highlights

  • 20,000 students (25% foreign students : 15% from Europe, 10% from outside Europe)
  • The university in the located in the city of Brussels – within close proximity to other popular European destinations such as Paris and Amsterdam
  • The Computing Centre provides academic computing and data networking systems and is equipped with large-scale systems, including a CRAY YMP supercomputer, which is an incomparable tool for numerous research teams

Area of study

  • Philosophy and Literature
  • Social and Political Sciences
  • Economics
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • European Studies
  • Languages and Phonetics
  • Pharmacy
  • Environmental Studies
  • Science
  • Applied Sciences and Medicine

Course catalog

Exchange credit history

See the exchange credit history listing of courses that have been previously evaluated from Université Libre de Bruxelles. Note that this is a guide only, and not a guarantee that your courses would be evaluated in the same way.

Housing

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